Carency

Carency
Commune
The church of Carency
Coat of arms
Carency Location within Hauts-de-France region Carency
Coordinates: 50°22′45″N 2°42′18″E / 50.3792°N 2.705°E / 50.3792; 2.705Coordinates: 50°22′45″N 2°42′18″E / 50.3792°N 2.705°E / 50.3792; 2.705
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Bully-les-Mines
Intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Justin Clairet
Area1	8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Population (2004)2	700
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62213 /62144
Elevation	79–152 m (259–499 ft) (avg. 111 m or 364 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village located 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Arras on the D58 road. Carency is also the name of the brook which constitutes the course upstream of the Deûle river and which flows through the village.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St Aignan, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after the destruction of World War I.
• Vestiges of a 13th-century castle.

Carency was heavily damaged during World War I. This image shows it after it was recaptured by French troops.

Notable people

François Faber, winner of the 1909 Tour de France, died here fighting in the Second Battle of Artois, on 9 May 1915, during World War I.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carency.

• Carency on the Quid website (in French)
• Communaupole of Lens-Liévin website (in French)